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SUMMARY:Hugh Ralston Crawford: Innovator or Imitator?
DESCRIPTION:Engineering Heritage Victoria and the RHSV present this event in partnership. \nHugh Ralston Crawford (1876 – 1954) consulting engineer\, was a pioneer in reinforced concrete work in Australia. He was granted a provisional patent for monolithic reinforced concrete cavity wall construction in 1907\, and he later used the system to erect several concrete houses in Melbourne. In 1910\, he designed and built\, the heritage listed Sniders and Abraham’s cigarette factory at 7 Dewery Lane Melbourne\, it was the first wholly reinforced concrete building erected in Melbourne\, challenging Monash’s virtual monopoly of reinforced concrete construction in Victoria. It was also the first building in Australia to utilise the C.A.P. Turner ‘Mushroom System’ of flat slab construction. But was he an innovator or an imitator? \nDuring the First World War Crawford was employed by the Metcalfe Company of Montreal\, Canada in connection with construction and installation of grain elevators and concrete wheat silos for the bulk storage of wheat for the Federal and State governments. After the war\, he was appointed reinforced concrete consultant to the Federal Government and was associated with many of their new concrete framed Commonwealth office\, bank and telephone exchange buildings across Australia. In 1926 Crawford proposed a transporter bridge over the Yarra River at Spencer St and in 1927 proposed a similar bridge for the crossing of the Yarra at Williamstown. \n  \nSpeaker: \nDavid Beauchamp MICE\, MIEAust\, CPEng(Ret.) \nDavid Beauchamp has been a significant advocate for the preservation and restoration of heritage buildings and an engineering consultant in the field for over 40 years. He became the first president of the Carlton Association in 1969 to fight for the preservation of a large group of 19th Century terrace houses at risk of being demolished by the Housing Commission of Victoria. In that same year he established a consulting practice to give advice on the repair and restoration of historic buildings. His consultancy developed and expanded to produce conservation management plans for many bridges for VicRoads and other bodies\, and to carry out inspections\, heritage assessments and reporting on historic bridges and other buildings. \nDavid was appointed a member of the Heritage Council of Victoria in 1995\, served on the Council for 6 years\, and on Heritage Victoria’s Technical Advisory Committee until 2013. He has been a longstanding member of Engineering Heritage Victoria\, the National Trust Bridges Committee\, and actively participated in the activities of Australia ICOMOS\, and the Association of Preservation Technology in the USA. \n  \nHousekeeping \nWhen you book tickets you will be sent an automatic\, system-generated confirmation email with your tickets. If this can’t be found in your in-box please check your Spam folder or Junk Mail folder as these system-generated emails often go astray. If you can’t find your tickets\, don’t panic\, we always have a list at the door. \nAs with most RHSV events\, we will serve refreshments from 5:30pm – 6pm when the lecture starts. \nThe Zoom-cast will begin at 6pm.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/hugh-ralston-crawford-innovator-or-imitator/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The Yallourn Scheme : Celebrating 100 years of Power Generation
DESCRIPTION:  \nEngineering Heritage Victoria and the RHSV present this event to celebrate the centenary of Victoria’s first baseload power station in the Latrobe Valley and the greatest single public infrastructure project the nation had seen. \n  \nPassing without fanfare or public ceremony\, at midday on Sunday 15 June 1924\, electricity from the new Yallourn Power Station first reached Melbourne when the State Electricity Commission switched on the high voltage transmission line linking Morwell and the Yarraville distribution terminal. The event marked the culmination of a five-year project to develop Victoria’s first baseload power station in the Latrobe Valley and the greatest single public infrastructure project the nation had seen. It was proclaimed by the press as “the cessation of Victoria’s subservience … to the coal mines of Newcastle”\, and would provide the foundation for the State’s industrial\, economic and social prosperity over the following decades. \nThis presentation will outline the key events in the development of the Yallourn Power Scheme\, touching on the historic context\, key engineers involved and some of the technical challenges encountered from conception through to commissioning and early operation. The talk will be illustrated by historic images from the extensive photographic collection acquired in 1993 by the Museum of Victoria from the former State Electricity Commission\, prior to its disaggregation and privatisation. \nSpeaker: \nMatthew Churchward\, Senior Curator\, Engineering & Transport\, Museums Victoria \nAfter originally training in mechanical engineering\, Matthew Churchward has spent much of the past 35 years in the museum and heritage sector. He has held a curatorial role with Museums Victoria since 1994\, working on acquisitions\, collection database development\, public programs\, exhibitions and the creation of websites and online content. \nHis engineering skills have proved invaluable in overseeing the restoration and conservation of many large objects in the museum’s collection – ranging from steam engines\, tractors and farm machinery to horse-drawn vehicles\, motor vehicles and the Great Melbourne Telescope. \nHis research interests encompass Victoria’s mining\, engineering and transport history – including shipping\, railways\, roads\, bridges\, ports\, sewerage\, water supply and electricity infrastructure. \n  \n  \nThis will be preceded by an\nOpen Day at PowerWorks\, \nRidge Road\, Morwell.\nSat 15 Jun 2024 12 noon to 3.00 pm\n“Celebration of the centenary of power transmission between Yallourn and Melbourne”.\nIn collaboration with Energy Australia. \nHousekeeping \nWhen you book tickets you will be sent an automatic\, system-generated confirmation email with your tickets. If this can’t be found in your in-box please check your Spam folder or Junk Mail folder as these system-generated emails often go astray. If you can’t find your tickets\, don’t panic\, we always have a list at the door. \nAs with most RHSV events\, we will serve refreshments from 5:30pm – 6pm when the lecture starts. \nThe Zoom-cast will begin at 6pm.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-yallourn-scheme-celebrating-100-years-of-power-generation/
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SUMMARY:Making It Here: Stories of Four Enterprising Immigrant Engineers.
DESCRIPTION:Much has been written about the halcyon days of manufacturing in Fishermans Bend during the post-war period. This talk explores its antecedents through the lives of four\, largely forgotten\, engineers who made significant contributions to the rise of manufacturing there during the first half of the 20th century: Otto Schumacher\, Alfred Harman\, Albert Longoni and Fred David. \nThey learnt their craft in America\, Britain\, and Europe respectively before making their mark in Port Melbourne. Two founded manufacturing businesses here while the other two made pivotal contributions to existing firms. The innovative machines they designed and developed ranged from steam-powered winches and excavators to flour milling and food processing equipment\, from large cranes and systems for handling bulk materials to designing an urgently needed fighter aircraft. \nThe talk aims to evoke a sense of what it means to engineer. The emphasis is on people and place as much as it is on technical matters. The story of each engineer includes their family background and formative years. Their engineering achievements are set against the prevailing social\, cultural\, and geopolitical context and major events in their personal life. \nAlthough the locus of the stories is Port Melbourne encompassing Fishermans Bend\, the matters covered\, and the issues raised around manufacturing\, are universal. Themes that run through the stories of these four engineers speak to education and industry policy today. \nDavid Radcliffe is a Professor Emeritus at Purdue University where he was the head of the School of Engineering Education. A mechanical engineer\, his scholarly interests over a forty-year career in Australia and the US centred on the nature of engineering as a profession\, its history and practice\, and how engineering knowledge and identity are formed. Since retiring\, David has undertaken local history investigations in the Port Melbourne area. He published Changing Fortunes in 2021\, a social history of a precinct within the suburb and has written articles on the engineering heritage of the district. His new book\, Making it Here\, is due for release later this year. \nThe RHSV is delighted to co-present this event with Engineering Heritage Victoria. \n  \nHousekeeping \nWhen you book a ticket you will be sent an automatic email confirmation – these emails often go astray\, ending up in your Spam or Junk Mail in-box – please check there. \nIf you have booked to attend via ZOOM\, we will send you the ZOOM log-in details about 24 hours prior to the event. \nAs with most RHSV events\, we serve refreshments from 5:30pm – 6pm when the lecture starts. \nThis is a History Month event
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/making-it-here-stories-of-four-enterprising-immigrant-engineers/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Seeds of Concrete Progress: Grain Elevators and Technology Transfer between America and Australia
DESCRIPTION:#SeedsofConcrete22 \nIn partnership with Engineering Heritage Victoria \nThe fascination of the Modern Movement with the uncompromising aesthetics of concrete silos scattered worldwide is well known. Since their first appearances in North America\, the arrays of concrete silos used for storing grain along railway networks have captured the attention of many\, including architects\, industrial archaeologists\, painters\, photographers\, and artists. However\, several aspects of the construction and engineering of their design are less known and remain worthy of more research. \nIn the early 1900s\, concrete grain elevators also blossomed along the Australian railway networks of the Wheat Belts\, marking with their enduring presence the landscapes of many rural towns and cities in New South Wales\, Queensland\, Victoria\, and Western Australia. The Australian reception of these industrial structures of American provenance is proof of the far-sighted efforts of the State Governments of the time and contribute to the nation-building of modern Australia in a global context. \nThese widespread concrete structures also have important significance in engineering and technological history due to their innovative construction methods. The rural and urban proliferation of grain silos in Australia contributed significantly to developing a confident local concrete industry. During the 1920s\, concrete technology entered a new phase bolstered by ingenious systems of movable formwork\, like slip forming. After World War II\, the mastering of engineering and construction techniques used in silos opened the doors to high-rise concrete construction methods still critical today for infrastructure and multi-storey buildings. \nDr Giorgio Marfella is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Florence (Italy) and holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Melbourne. \nHe joined the Faculty of Architecture\, Building and Planning\, at the University of Melbourne in 2014\, where he is appointed as full time Senior Lecturer in Construction and Architecture. Giorgio is a registered architect and the current chairperson of the Architects Registration Board of Victoria\, and before becoming an academic he has practiced with several renowned architectural companies based in Melbourne. \nGiorgio is an international expert on the design\, technology and history of tall buildings. In his doctorate thesis\, he researched the techno-economic evolution of Melbourne’s skyscrapers during the second half of the twentieth century\, revealing how their built form was a by-product of entrepreneurial speculation\, public interest\, international design exchange and radical technological innovation. He is a research active academic and member of his Faculty’s research centre\, Australian Centre for Architectural History\, Urban and Cultural Heritage\, where he contributes for his expertise in construction history. His research activities are concentrated on the techno-economic implications of tall buildings of the present\, the cultural legacy of those from the past\, the history of technology in architecture\, and the processes of design innovation through the advancement of building products and materials. \nPhoto caption: \nOn the edge of Nhill\, across the railroad tracks\, is the former Noske Brothers’ flour mill. According to Richard Cornish writing of his ‘Six reasons to visit Nhill’ in the Sydney Morning Herald\, “Built in 1888\, it became the largest freestanding concrete structure in Australia 20 years later when a massive concrete silo was added. Now abandoned\, the site has a brutal beauty that attracts photographers\, especially at dawn and dusk\, when the dying light of the day wraps itself gradually around its concrete curves.” \n  \nPlease note that\, like all RHSV events\, we serve refreshments from 5:30pm – 6pm at which time the lecture will start and the Zoom-cast will start. When you book a ticket\, you will automatically be sent a confirmation email – please check your Junk or Spam mailbox if this email doesn’t appear in your in-box. 24 hours prior to the event\, we will send the ZOOM log-in details to all those attending via ZOOM. Once again\, check those Junk or Spam mail folders if the email isn’t in your in-box. 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/seeds-of-concrete-progress-grain-elevators-and-technology-transfer-between-america-and-australia/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Paving Our Ways: A History of the World’s Roads and Pavements
DESCRIPTION:Paving Our Ways: A History of the World’s Roads and Pavements\nIn partnership with Engineering Heritage Victoria\, the RHSV is excited to present this talk by Maxwell Lay\, co-author of the comprehensive history of world roads\, Paving our Ways. \nPaving our Ways provides a comprehensive international history of the world’s roads\, running from the earliest human settlements to the present day. \nIt examines the earliest roads in Egypt and Mesopotamia and then moves to North Africa\, Crete\, Greece and Italy\, before a review of pavements used by the Romans in their magnificent road system. After its empire collapsed\, Roman pavements fell into ruin. The slow recovery of pavements in Europe began in France and then in England. \nAsphalt and concrete slowly improved as paving materials in the second part of the 19th century. Major advances occurred in the 20th century with the availability of powerful machinery\, pneumatic tyres and bitumen. The advances needed to bring pavements to their current development are explored\, as are the tools for financing\, constructing\, managing and maintaining pavements. This talk will trace the human and social aspects of pavement development and use. It will outline the heritage perspective in the changing technology across the world from China and Mesopotamia\, Europe\, Britain\, Australia and North America\, stretching from biblical times to the present day. \nThis talk should appeal to those interested in the history of engineering and transport and the sociology of engineering. \nDr Maxwell Lay is an engineering consultant known for his international contributions to road engineering and his acclaimed international road histories. He is a member of the Order of Australia\, former Executive Director of the Australian Road Research Board\, and past President of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Australian Automobile Association and former director of ConnectEast. He has been awarded the Moisseif Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers\, the Peter Nicol Russell\, Warren and Transport Medals of the Institution of Engineers Australia\, and the Gold Medal of Roads Australia. He is the author of Handbook of Road Technology \nThis event will be delivered by Zoom and Zoom details will be sent to participants 24 hours prior to the event. \n  \n  \nA HISTORY MONTH 2021 EVENT. Click on the logo for the full program of events\nImage (The Strand\, London\, being repaved with granite setts in Victorian England) provided by Maxwell Lay. 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/paving-our-ways-a-history-of-the-worlds-roads-and-pavements/
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SUMMARY:Portable Buildings in Australia by Miles Lewis
DESCRIPTION:Portable Buildings in Australia by Miles Lewis\nPLEASE NOTE: This lecture will be delivered both on-site at the RHSV and also simultaneously delivered via Zoom. We have reached our capacity for a on-site audience and attendance via Zoom only is now available. \nWe are delighted to present this event in partnership with Engineering Heritage Victoria. \nPortable buildings\, today referred to as prefabricated\, were imported in larger numbers to Australia than to any other part of the world during the nineteenth century. They were made not merely of timber and iron\, but of oilcloth\, slate\, zinc\, papier mâché\, and ‘portable brick’.  More also survive in Australia than anywhere else\, though not of those more ephemeral materials. They range through iron lighthouses\, cottages of ‘teak’ from Singapore\, German glazed conservatories\, plate iron fronted buildings from Glasgow\, and redwood houses from California. Many are of the greatest technical interest\, and in few cases do any examples survive in the country of origin.  For these reasons it has been proposed that they should be nominated as a group for World Heritage Listing.  This presentation will sample these various types\, concentrating on those which survive today. \nMiles Lewis\, AM FAHA\, is an architectural historian specialising in the interaction between technology and culture in areas such as vernacular architecture and prefabrication\, and in technical innovation generally.  He edited the international text Architectura\, and has this year published a book\, Architectural Drawings: Collecting in Australia.  He is an emeritus professor of the University of Melbourne\, and currently a member of the Portable Buildings World Heritage Nomination Task Force. \nProfessor Charles Sowerwine who is also on the Portable Buildings World Heritage Nomination Task Force and chairs the RHSV Heritage Committee will chair the evening.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/portable-buildings-in-australia-by-miles-lewis/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:History of the Spencer Street Bridge
DESCRIPTION:History of the Spencer Street Bridge\nHave you ever noticed the Spencer Street Bridge? Arguably nondescript\, this dependable 1930 structure has a backstory of political infighting\, pioneering technology and an unexpected obstacle pre-dating the bridge by several millennia. City of Melbourne local history librarian Fiona Campbell will lead a visual journey through the design\, construction and significance of this enduring bridge. \nWe are delighted to partner again with Engineering Heritage Victoria to present this talk by Fiona Campbell\, Local History Librarian at East Melbourne Library and bridge enthusiast. \nFiona graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1994. Majoring in French and English literature\, she also studied visual arts\, Australian architecture and linguistics. From 1995 she studied horticulture at Burnley College (University of Melbourne) while working in retail nurseries and discovering an enduring interest in botany. \nLed by an innate love of libraries and information\, in 2002 Fiona undertook the Diploma of Library and Information Services at Swinburne University of Technology\, which happily landed her in public library employment from 2003. She secured her current position of Reader Services and Local History Librarian at East Melbourne Library in 2007\, and obtained the Graduate Diploma in Information Management with Distinction at RMIT in 2009. Specialising in local history has enabled Fiona to develop her inner history detective. Her work includes management of archival collections\, responding to local history enquiries\, events programming and resource training. She works to increase cultural and heritage awareness in the community by inspiring interest in our local stories and promoting the wealth of freely available resources. \nSince 2018 she has been preoccupied with researching the history and construction of the Spencer Street Bridge and she is currently working on a book about the history of the bridge which she hopes to have published in 2021. \nRefreshments from 5:30pm – 6pm \nLecture 6pm – 7pm \nPhoto caption: Spencer Street Bridge in 1930 (State Library of Victoria)
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/history-of-the-spencer-street-bridge/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Twentieth Century Science\, Technology and Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Twentieth Century Science\, Technology and Engineering\nPresented by Laureate Professor R. J. EVANS \nEngineering Heritage Victoria and the RHSV are\, once again\, partnering to present some fascinating events which are of interest to anyone interested in history and the history of engineering in its broadest scope. \nThis talk explores the development of key scientific and technological advances over the past 100 years. Building upon the great achievements of the Victorian Era which saw huge advances in fundamental sciences coupled with breathtaking engineering achievements\, the twentieth century progressed electronics to astonishing complexity\, conquered air transport and space travel through advances in materials and propulsion\, revealed the structure of DNA\, and uncovered the fundamental  structure on matter and the universe. This talk will briefly describe these advances and the impact they are having on our lives in the areas of communications\, automation\, health etc. \nRob Evans was born in Melbourne\, Australia\, in 1947. After completing a BE degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne in 1969\, he worked as a radar systems engineering officer with the Royal Australian Airforce. He completed a PhD in 1975 at the University of Newcastle followed by postdoctoral studies at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems\, MIT\, USA and the Control and Management Department\, Cambridge University\, UK. In 1977 he took up an academic position at the University of Newcastle\, where he served as Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1986 until 1991 and Chief Investigator and Co-Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence on Industrial Control Systems between 1988 – 1991. \nIn 1992 he moved to the University of Melbourne\, where he has served in many roles including Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering for the periods 1993-1996 and 2013-2017\, Research Leader for the Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing 1992-2000\, Director of the DSTO Centre for Networked Decision and Sensor Systems 2001-2004\, Director of the Victoria Research Laboratory of National ICT Australia 2004-2012\, Executive Dean of Engineering during 2007 and Director of the Defence Sciences Institute 2014-2017. He has served on several Boards and Government and Academy committees including the Council of the International Federation of Automatic Control from 2002-2008. \nHe is currently a Melbourne University Laureate Professor and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery.\nHis research and industry engagement has ranged across many areas including theory and applications in control systems\, industrial electronics\, radar systems\, signal processing and telecommunications. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science\, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering\, a Life Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers USA\, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia. \nRefreshments from 5:30pm – 6pm \nLecture 6pm – 7pm
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